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| Date: | Thursday 10 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 04501 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Manus SPB, Admiralty Islands -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Manus Island-Momote Airport (MAS/AYMO) |
Sank on hard landing after the bow collapsed and a wing tore off.
Sources:
VP-101 Mishap list (vpnavy.com)
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